Yellow-billed Kingfisher

Syma torotoro

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 38 g

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The yellow-billed kingfisher is 20 cm (7.9 in) long, with a wingspan of 29 cm (11 in), and it weighs 30–50 g (1.1–1.8 oz). Its orange colouring and yellow bill are distinctive; it has an orange head and neck with a black nape patch and white throat. Adult females also have a black crown patch. The upper mantle is blackish grading to olive green on the back, blue-green on rump and with a blue tail. The upperwing is dull green-blue with dark olive-black flight feathers. The underparts are pale orange-grey. The bill is orange-yellow in adults, dark grey in juveniles. Voice: Calls include loud, repeated whistling trills like a postman's whistle, mainly during the breeding season.

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When to see the Yellow-billed Kingfisher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-billed Kingfisher

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Yellow-billed Kingfisher

The yellow-billed kingfisher (Syma torotoro) is a medium-sized tree kingfisher.

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